University of Oregon
NCAA Western Regional Championships
Logsdon & Andrus Take 12th & 14th in XC West Regional; Team Places Fifth
11/15/03 | Cross Country
PORTLAND, Ore. - The University of Oregon men's and women's cross country programs positioned themselves for postseason at-large invites after their performances in the NCAA West Regional Championships , Saturday in Blue Lake Park, although they won't know for sure until the afternoon of Mon., Nov. 17.
The No. 12-ranked Duck men Saturday took fifth against the nation's deepest regional which featured six top-30 ranked teams, and two other receiving votes in the top 40. No. 1 Stanford cruised to the men's team title with 18 points, ahead of No. 15 Cal Poly (second, 110), No. 27 Arizona (third, 132), No. 20 Washington (fourth, 162), No. 12 Oregon (fifth, 164), No. 36 Portland (sixth, 169), UCLA (seventh, 178), No. 25 Arizona State (eighth, 189) and No. 38 Washington State (ninth, 257).
Individually, the ?Men of Oregon' featured a pair of All-America individuals in the top 15 - juniors Eric Logsdon (12th, 30:07) and Ryan Andrus (14th, 30:11). Seniors Brett Holts and John Lucas added 34th and 37th, respectively, in times of 30:30 and 30:35, and freshman Patrick Werhane closed scoring in 67th place (31:26). Oregon's other two entries were less than seven seconds back of Werhane - freshman Kyle Alcorn (70th, 31:30) and senior Noel Paulson (71st, 31:34).
"We would have liked to have placed a spot or two higher," Oregon men's coach Martin Smith said, "but we had too big a gap from our fourth to our fifth runners. Up front, our top four ran pretty well and kept up in the thick of things. Eric and Ryan ran patient races and moved up fairly well, and John Lucas hung in there as well. We haven't had a strong five in any race this year. Hopefully, we'll still get a bid for nationals Monday, so we can give it another go."
Individually, Klamath Falls native Ian Dobson of Stanford won the 10K race (29:32) just ahead of teammate Ryan Hall (29:33). The Cardinal took six of the top eight positions even while resting several individuals.
The top two teams from each of the men's and women's races receive automatic berths for the NCAA Championships, set for Waterloo, Iowa, on Mon., Nov. 24. Thirteen more M&W teams will be added to round out the 31-team fields on Mon., Nov. 17 , based on their regular season records against other actual or potential NCAA team qualifiers.
Although the Duck men aren't guaranteed a spot in the NCAA field, they have three regular-season wins against the 18 auto qualifiers from across the nation Saturday (Providence, Minnesota, Georgia), four more wins against other third-place regional teams (Arizona, Florida, William and Mary and Iowa), and three other wins against fourth-place regional finishers (Kansas, Texas and Washington).
A rough forecast shows that three teams from each of the Mountain and Great Lakes Regions should be selected early in the process, with Arizona, Washington and Oregon potentially picked afterwards.
However, if the Ducks don't qualify as a team, Logsdon may still qualify as an individual, if Arizona qualifies as an at-large team (since they had two individuals in the top 10). Other potential individual qualifiers include Ryan Craig of Portland (seventh, 29:52), UC Santa Barbara's Jeff Gardina (11th, 30:07), Logsdon (12th, 30:07) and Boise State's Forest Braden (13th, 30:09) who finished two seconds ahead of Andrus (14th, 30:11).
On the women's side, senior Magdalena Sandoval will likely qualify for the NCAA field as an individual after her ninth-place finish (20:48). The Los Alamos, N.M. native improved 21 places from the 2002 edition when she finished a then-best ever 30th.
"I'm glad it's over, because it was not an easy race," Sandoval said. "The plan was to get out fast and be up with the contenders and fight as long as I could. Taking fifth in Pac-10s (two weeks ago) really gave me a lot of confidence that I could rub elbows with runners that I looked up to as the nation's best. It opened up a window into a new world, and it's been an enjoyable leap. Now I'll have another few days of nervousness as I wait and see if I make it or not."
With four individuals automatically qualifying out of each regional, Sandoval's chances look optimistic since only two other individual-only invites finished ahead of her (USC's Iryna Vaschuk (sixth) and Cal's Bridget Duffy (eighth)). Three other potential individuals ahead of her (Amy Hastings and Anna Masinelli of Arizona State and Ingvill Makestad of Washington) will likely earn at-large invites with their teams on Monday.
In Sandoval's wake, senior Eri Macdonald ended her Duck career with her second straight top-30 regional effort thanks to a 27th-place finish (21:22). The Honolulu, Hawai'i native took 26th last season and scored for the Ducks for the 22nd time in her career Saturday for the Ducks.
The other five UO women's entries all made their debuts in the NCAA qualifier. Redshirt sophomore Haripurkh Khalsa capped the year with a 57th-place effort (22:11), ahead of redshirt junior Taylor Bryant (101st, 22:55), redshirt sophomore Sara Schaaf (105th, 22:57), sophomore Eleanor Gordon (111th, 23:04) and freshman Kelly Rogers (191st, 189th).
In the individual results, Stanford sophomore Alicia Craig won by a 16-second margin (20:06) over Arizona State's Amy Hastings (second, 20:22) and Cardinal teammate Sara Bei (third, 20:27).
As a team, the Duck women tied for eighth with Arizona at 280 points, although the Wildcats were awarded sole possession of eighth on a tiebreaker. No. 1 Stanford was crowned champion (45 points), ahead of No. 15 UCLA (second, 69), Washington (third, 94), No. 11 Arizona State (fourth, 112) and No. 23 UC Santa Barbara (fifth, 175).
FINAL RESULTS
NCAA Western Regional Championships
Blue Lake Park, Portland, Ore.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003
Conditions: 48 degrees, no wind, soft ground, partly cloudy
Men's Team Results - 1, Stanford, 18. 2, Cal Poly, 110. 3, Arizona, 132. 4, Washington, 162. 5, Oregon, 164. 6, Portland, 169. 7, UCLA, 178. 8, Arizona State, 189. 9, Washington State, 257. 10, California, 257. 11, UC Santa Barbara, 282. 12, Boise State, 359. 13, Idaho, 435. 14, CS Fullerton, 435. 15, Long Beach State, 437. 16, UC Irvine, 451. 17, Eastern Washington, 476. 18, Portland State, 518. 19, UC Riverside, 518. 20, CS Northridge, 567. 21, Gonzaga, 628. 22, Santa Clara, 692. 23, CS Sacramento, 692. 24, Pepperdine, 724. 25, San Diego, 772. 26, San Jose State, 809.
Men's Individual Results (10K) - 1, Ian Dobson, Stanford, 29:32. 2, Ryan Hall, Stanford, 29:33. 3, Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 29:35. 4, Donald Sage, 29:42. 5, Adam Tenforde, Stanford, 29:44. 6, Chris Emme, Stanford, 29:45. 7, Ryan Craig, Portland, 29:52. 8, Sean Ricketts, Cal Poly, 30:00. 9, Neil Davis, Stanford, 20:02. 10, Jonah Maiyo, Arizona, 30:06. 11, Jeff Gardina, UCSB, 30:07. 12, Eric Lgosdon, Oregon, 30:07. 13, Forest Braden, Boise State, 30:09. 14, Ryan Andrus, Oregon, 30:11. 15, Jeff Driscoll, Portland, 30:12. 16, Brandon Collings, Cal Poly, 30:12. 17, Erik Emilsson, UCLA, 30:13. 18, Brandon Fuller, EWU, 30:14. 19, Ryan Moorecroft, Cal Poly, 30:15. 20, Mario Macias, Cal Poly, 30:16. 21, Eric Garner, Washington, 30:17. 22, Andrew Hill, Stanford, 30:20. 23, Kyle Goklish, Arizona, 30:22. 24, John Rankin, UCLA, 30:23. 25, Girmay Guangul, California, 30:23.
Other UO Men's Finishers - 34, Brett Holts, 30:30. 37, John Lucas, 30:35. 67, Patrick Werhane, 31:28. 70, Kyle Alcorn, 31:34. 71, Noel Paulson, 31:35.
Women's Team Scores - 1, Stanford, 45. 2, UCLA, 69. 3, Washington, 94. 4, Arizona State, 112. 5, UC Santa Barbara, 175. 6, Idaho, 193. 7, Cal Poly, 274. 8, Arizona, 290. 9, Oregon, 290. 10, California, 308. 11, UC Irvine, 309. 12, Portland, 328. 13, Santa Clara, 350. 14, Washington State, 362. 15, San Diego State, 415. 16, Long Beach State, 421. 17, Portland State, 495. 18, CS Fresno, 498. 19, Boise State, 509. 20, Eastern Washington, 526. 21, CS Northridge, 609. 22, Hawaii-Manoa, 665. 23, San Diego, 668. 24, San Jose State, 672. 25, Pepperdine, 677. 26, CS Fullerton, 701. 27, San Francisco, 793. 28, UNLV, 793. 29, CS Sacramento, 828. 30, UC Riverside, 852. 31, Pacific, 954.
Women's Individual Results (6K) - 1, Alicia Craig, Stanford, 20:06. 2, Amy Hastings, Arizona State, 20:22. 3, Sara Bei, Stanford, 20:27. 4, Valerie Flores, UCLA, 20:30. 5, Ingvill Makestad, Washington, 20:37. 6, Iryna Vaschuk, USC, 20:38. 7, Anna Masinelli, Arizona State, 20:42. 8, Bridget Duffy, California, 20:46. 9, Magdalena Sandoval, Oregon, 20:48. 10, Kathleen Trotter, Stanford, 20:49. 11, Ashley Caldwell, UCLA, 20:50. 12, Anna Blue, WSU, 20:51. 13, Lindsey Egerdahl, Washington, 20:52. 14, Alison Costello, UCLA, 20:53. 15, Desi Davila, Arizona State, 20:54. 16, Amanda Trotter, Stanford, 20:54. 17, Letiwe Marakurwa, Idaho, 20:54. 18, Brooke Thomas, USC, 20:55. 19, Jeane Goff, Stanford, 20:58. 20, Amy Lia, Washington, 21:01. 21, Jenna Timinsky, UCLA, 21:03. 22, Marie Nilsson, San Diego State, 21:04. 23, Stephanie Rothstein, UCSB, 21:05. 24, Stephanie Rothstein, UCSB, 21:07. 24, Lauren Christman, UCSB, 21:07. 25, Melissa McBain, UCLA, 21:11.
Other UO Women's Finishers - 27, Eri Macdonald, 21:22. 57, Haripurkh Khalsa, 22:11. 101, Taylor Bryant, 22:55. 105, Sara Schaaf, 22:57. 111, Eleanor Gordon, 23:04. 191, Kelly Rogers, 24:48.
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